Journal Entry
Greetings readers. I had a long day of flights on Monday, but have had an amazing day and a half in Anchorage meeting the team and continuing with logistics and preparation. Stops in Anchorage have included a large Costco where a dear friend from my graduate school days in the 80s helped us shop for perishable food items, two gear stores, a transport and storage company, a battery and generator company, a book store for tent bound reading material, two restaurants, a rental car company and finally a rental truck company.
I’ll let the pictures and captions do the talking from here....
Seth, Dom and I met in Boston and traveled together on Monday. In this picture Dom is studying the carbohydrates he brought to help tide him over on the 5 hour flight from Boston to Seatle.
This is a close up of the food science that Dom brought along. They would be of the carbohydrate variety and one of the major food groups......homemade cupcakes!
I totally understand the concept of lift as it applies to the world of aviation, but am always amazed at the ability of a multi-ton aircraft to get airborn.
It may be hard to see in this uploaded shot from my seat on the plane, but science is seriously at work on the ground. The small white structures in lines on the ground are actually huge electricity generating wind turbines.
This is from my window seat and throws a little geology and volcanism your way. I'm not sure what mountain you are looking at....sorry about that. I think it might be Mount Hood.
This is a foldable 60 watt solar charging panel that will be used to charge some of our electronics while on the glacier. There is another one coming with us that is about twice as big as this double bed sized one.
This is my study in torque for the day as it applies to mountaineering skis coming off when I fall...which I anticipate happening at least once....maybe more.
This shot and the next few photos of a volume and mass study occurred at a storage and transport facility. Metal containers known as ReloCubes were packed in New Hampshire, shipped to Alaska, and stored at the transport facility. We then transferred all of the gear, food and personal items into the rental truck.
Teamwork will be the way we operate for sure.
The crew worked hard for about 45 minutes transferring 2 tons.
Even the rental truck delivered some science. The side of the truck spoke about ice age glaciation in Maine. Nice.